The magazine where I want to advertise limits my advertisement to 1/4 page
such that my ad is to be 2.125 inches tall by about 9 inches wide. Is there
a way to limit myself to those dimensions while I am composing the ad so I
know exactly the amount of space I have to "play" with?

Insert a one cell table into the document and fix the cell dimensions to
those values.

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Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Maria" wrote in message
...
The magazine where I want to advertise limits my advertisement to 1/4 page
such that my ad is to be 2.125 inches tall by about 9 inches wide. Is
there
a way to limit myself to those dimensions while I am composing the ad so I
know exactly the amount of space I have to "play" with?

Instead of limiting yourself to the formatting (and keyboard operations)
available in a table, much less a text box or frame, why not just set the
page margins such that the space between the margins is 2.125" x 9"?
Obviously, this will require a landscape page orientation. On Letter-sized
paper (11" x 8.5"), the required margins would be 1" Left and Right, 3" Top,
and 3.38" Bottom.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Doug Robbins" wrote in message
...
Insert a one cell table into the document and fix the cell dimensions to
those values.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Maria" wrote in message
...
The magazine where I want to advertise limits my advertisement to 1/4
page
such that my ad is to be 2.125 inches tall by about 9 inches wide. Is
there
a way to limit myself to those dimensions while I am composing the ad so
I
know exactly the amount of space I have to "play" with?

Thank you so much. Two answers were posted to my question, and both worked.

"Doug Robbins" wrote:

Insert a one cell table into the document and fix the cell dimensions to
those values.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Maria" wrote in message
...
The magazine where I want to advertise limits my advertisement to 1/4 page
such that my ad is to be 2.125 inches tall by about 9 inches wide. Is
there
a way to limit myself to those dimensions while I am composing the ad so I
know exactly the amount of space I have to "play" with?

Thank you so much. Two answers were posted to my question, and both worked.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Instead of limiting yourself to the formatting (and keyboard operations)
available in a table, much less a text box or frame, why not just set the
page margins such that the space between the margins is 2.125" x 9"?
Obviously, this will require a landscape page orientation. On Letter-sized
paper (11" x 8.5"), the required margins would be 1" Left and Right, 3" Top,
and 3.38" Bottom.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"Doug Robbins" wrote in message
...
Insert a one cell table into the document and fix the cell dimensions to
those values.

--
Hope this helps.

Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my
services on a paid consulting basis.

Doug Robbins - Word MVP
"Maria" wrote in message
...
The magazine where I want to advertise limits my advertisement to 1/4
page
such that my ad is to be 2.125 inches tall by about 9 inches wide. Is
there
a way to limit myself to those dimensions while I am composing the ad so
I
know exactly the amount of space I have to "play" with?